Dixon Petunia Festival set for 30 minute fireworks finale
Dixon plans a 30 minute fireworks display on July 4 to cap the Petunia Festival's week of celebrations. The $12,000 budget doubles this year as Melrose Fireworks Co. from the Chicago suburbs provides the show. No ground display. spectators watch from bridges, shores, or boats on the Rock River.
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Harrison
Melrose Fireworks Co
Chicago
Melrose Company
Dixon City
Jim Hill
Hill
Rock River
Dixon Park
Lowell Park
Bob Shumaker
Dixon Area
John Thompson
Dixon Chamber of Commerce
Chinese police raid Beijing campuses in crackdown on dissent
Police raid six Beijing universities arresting at least 17 teachers and students and searching for about as many others in a nationwide push against the democracy movement. State media reported a prominent lecturer taken into custody and warned of seven intellectuals targeted. government claims link unrest to Taiwan and foreign involvement amid harsh actions after Tiananmen Square protests.
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UPI
Democracy Movement
Hong Kong
Tiananmen Square
Shangha
Jinan
China
Dixon
America
Dixon Civic Center funding eyed in Illinois House
Illinois House debate centers on a bill to fund Dixon Theatre renovation into a civic center with 3 million dollars for Dixon and 2.5 million for Sterling to revamp the Coliseum. The measure, a single package including projects in 11 other communities, faces a likely split decision and potential veto.
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Sterling
Myron Olson
R Dixon
Dixon Theatre
Olson
Dixon
Illinois
McCormick Place
Chicago
Illinois Senate
House
Michael Madigan
Dchicago
James) Thompson
House Republican Conference
Senate
Madigan
Thompson
Sears Roebuck
Granite City man killed in Route 64 accident near Chana
A 71 year old Granite City man died after his car ran a stop sign at Route 64 and Chana Road and struck a semi driven by Gerald Steinmetz of Oregon. Steimetz hip injuries treated at Rockford Memorial Hospital. Marlott Schoker serious at St Anthony Medical Center Rockford. Grandson Jason Schoker 6 suffered minor injuries and released. Melvin Schoker not wearing a seat belt per ISP.
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Granite City
Chana
Gerald Steinmetz
Oregon
Steinmetz
Rockford Memorial Hospital
Ilinois
Melvin H. Schoker
Rochelle Community Hospital
Marlott Schoker
St. Anthony Medical Center
Rockford
Lifeline
Jason Schoker
Beaver Creek
Ohio
SAMC
Illinois
Melvin Schoker
Chana Road
Dixon pushes visa extension for Chinese students in U S
Senator Alan Dixon seeks to extend visas for Chinese students remaining in the United States delaying any repatriation amid Beijing’s crackdown. He also backs renaming a park across from the Chinese Embassy Tiananmen Square Memorial Park to honor the students.
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UPI
Alan J. Dixon
United States
Dixon
Tiananmen Square Memorial Park
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Beijing Film Institute
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Political Science and Law College
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